NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I think a major critique of CDFIs, especially right now, is that they operate a lot like banks.…They Facts like these led Community Vision to partner with the African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs (the Alliance) to develop some “rules of the road” as to what counts as supporting Black communities.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

Public and Social Policy 96

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Affnetz

AUGUST 7, 2023

Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions / mike crum Free and Affordable Nonprofit CRM, Donor Management, Fundraising, Stakeholder Engagement Software Solutions Nonprofits are infamous for tight budgets. Additionally, a lot of software is customisable.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 130

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Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 17, 2023

As a nonprofit organization, your mission is at the forefront of everything you do. However, launching a successful nonprofit podcast requires more than just recording and publishing episodes. Here are 12 steps to get you on the right track. How can you use your podcast to educate and inspire your audience?

Non-Profits 59

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

Instagram can be a powerful tool for nonprofits wanting to connect to a broader audience. Here are four strategies your nonprofit should keep in mind when using Instagram for fundraising: 1. Start With the Right Profile Type. Selecting a business profile will allow you to add “Nonprofit” to your bio.

Fundraising 130

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s crucial that you understand your payment processing system and how it can help you establish a relationship between you and your potential donors. Choosing software that best suits your needs. Let's jump into how your organization can help your donors contribute in a secure, simple way!

Nonprofits 75

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NextAfter

AUGUST 22, 2022

And the recent Global Online Fundraising Scorecard revealed many simple ways in which Canadian charities can optimize their digital fundraising efforts to beat this benchmark and grow giving even more. How a dedicated confirmation page can unlock new donors. Canadian giving is on the rise. Additionally, online giving grew by 6%.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Statement of Activities is the Income Statement of a nonprofit organization. As a nonprofit, you call the difference between revenue and expenses the change in net assets. . But it’s also an excellent tool for understanding just how healthy your business is. Revenue: How much money did you receive ? . Or profit. .

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

During this period, some important lessons about how to develop a successful pilot program emerged. Financially insecure households can effectively use such cash to address their short- and long-term needs. Image Credit: Vitaly Taranov on unsplash.com. Though related to universal basic income (UBI), it is not the same.

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The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Contrary to what many people envision, a nonprofit audit doesn’t usually start with a letter from the IRS. Instead, an independent nonprofit audit is something you choose to build trust in your nonprofit organization. An audit can be a critical step for a growing nonprofit that needs to raise increasing amounts of funds.

Nonprofits 98

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When you do it right, hosting a fundraising event that includes an auction brings many benefits. So, where do you find the right auction items for your event? Then, you can narrow down your list based on what’s available. They might even surprise themselves with how many people they know who can donate to your auction.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 1, 2021

For starters, you don’t get contact information for all your donors, only those who choose to share. For longterm fundraising success, you need to capture donors’ contact information so you can nurture them into becoming loyal, repeat donors. Despite the downsides, Facebook can be a powerful fundraising tool. Again, not ideal.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

That’s right. This is how large institutions sustain their work over time. It’s how they grow and thrive. What does this have to do with someone who leads a small nonprofit? Some smaller nonprofits have endowments. Small nonprofits are scrappy like that. Your nonprofit should take that advice, too.

Finance 119

Finance Universities Management Foundations 119

Fundraising Coach

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s crucial that you understand your payment processing system and how it can help you establish a relationship between you and your potential donors. Choosing software that best suits your needs. Let’s jump into how your organization can help your donors contribute in a secure, simple way!

Nonprofits 52

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 12, 2022

Cash flow isn’t just an issue for small nonprofits that depend on donations to meet payroll each month. A lack of cash on hand impacts nonprofit organizations of all sizes. A few years ago, we were working with a fully-funded nonprofit. . On paper, they were a flourishing organization— a model of nonprofit success.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Can you do it? The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. Or leave so many things to chance?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2019

By Alex Wilson , Director of BlockShop DC and founding partner of The Giving Block. Bitcoin was launched on January 3, 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis and bank bailouts. This was particularly appealing during a financial crisis where the big banks got bailed out while the average person got left behind.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Edited Transcript: How is investing in power building critical to achieving the foundation’s mission and what lessons and experiences convinced you of the importance of power building? By The California Endowment Building People Power has included a range of perspectives and scholarship from researchers, funders, and power builders.

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Twenty Hats

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This one would be directed towards nonprofits leaders rather than volunteer managers. Or they may choose to only give for a few years. This is a philosophy that I have come to embrace ever since I featured Jim McAra and the Calgary Food Bank in a post. Volunteers extend your nonprofit’s visibility.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Asking for money, can be uncomfortable, right? We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity. See how that works? More about that in a minute.

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Children Education Education Homelessness 122

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I worked for the Arthritis Foundation in the mid-90′s and know firsthand how difficult it is to market arthritis as a cause. In short, if I was choosing a cause for my business I could think of better emotional hot buttons to galvanize shoppers. Last week I was meeting with a friend and talking cause marketing, of course.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

This question was front of mind when, in February 2020, right before the COVID lockdown began, the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative , co-hosted an “innovation encuentro.” Indeed, solidarity economy practitioners and researchers have long agreed that education is key to unlearning and relearning what the economy is and can be.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Solidarity Economy Network, and the New Economy Coalition, and offers inspiring examples of what community-ownership can look like in practice in our communities. Solidarity Economy Network, and the New Economy Coalition, and offers inspiring examples of what community-ownership can look like in practice in our communities.

Public and Social Policy 82

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Today’s article dives into a vital topic for nonprofits – letting your supporters know how much they’ve impacted your cause and how much you appreciate them. Without constituents, your nonprofit organization wouldn’t be able to positively impact your community and drive your mission forward.

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The Kindful Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2022

However, choosing the best platform for your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign can be a daunting process. With that in mind, we wanted to share a list of peer-to-peer fundraising platforms that we think might be a good fit for your nonprofit’s social fundraising efforts. Bloomerang + Kindful. GoFundMe Charity. Fundraise Up.

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Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 24, 2023

In 2022, as the executive director of a US-based national climate change nonprofit, I implemented a four-day workweek for my organization. As to my background in nonprofit leadership, I am a 30-year veteran of nonprofit organizations and political campaigns. I’ve seen these benefits firsthand.

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MNA Association

APRIL 6, 2023

When you started your 501(c)(3) nonprofit , one of the main benefits your organization received was an exemption from paying federal taxes. While your nonprofit likely doesn’t have the same sense of dread come tax season that for-profit organizations or individuals do, this doesn’t mean you can sit back and relax, either.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Every nonprofit website visitor is a potential donor. And we all want more donors, right? By telling the right stories in the right way, you can lure visitors to your donation page and inspire them to give. Then you need to design your site to lead your nonprofit website visitor to your donation page.

Food 98

Food Nonprofits Children Retail 98

The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For over 20 years, nonprofits struggled to take data privacy seriously. This week on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast we discuss today’s biggest cybersecurity threat and how nonprofits can use technology without putting themselves at risk. For more information on how to improve your data privacy, visit joindeleteme.com.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Black mother within each of us —the poet—whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free. Y ou walk through the door, so happy to be able to receive care at a community birth center right in your neighborhood. You, your partner, and your children are greeted by name, maybe even with warm hugs.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

In this conversation, Cyndi Suarez, NPQ ’s president and editor in chief; Darren Isom, a partner in The Bridgespan Group’s San Francisco office and host of the podcast Dreaming In Color ; and antiracist philanthropic leader F. Javier Torres-Campos discuss how to bridge to and cultivate the world we want.

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Getting Attention

MARCH 17, 2011

Welcome back to guest blogger, Susie Bowie, Communications Manager at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County … There’s an unexpected stranger standing at the intersection between nonprofit organizations and creative agencies offering “free” website, advertising or marketing services. The danger can come from both sides.

Public and Nonprofit Management 76

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Care2

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Organizations aren’t just raising money through direct mail and phone banking – they are raising money through email fundraising appeals, their websites, and, to an extent, through text-to-give campaigns. Social media can totally suck too. We don’t send people letters via postal carrier anymore. Here’s why.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

“RULER OF THE EARTH” BY YUET-LAM TSANG Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” How do social movements come to make the language of economic systems change their own? We think it can. We think it can.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

Clair , Co-Founder & COO at B Generous – the first-ever platform allowing nonprofit donors to “Donate Now, Pay Later”. They have a charitable and philanthropic mindset, and yet, many nonprofits say millennials aren’t showing up treasure-wise in the same way as previous generations. How Does Donate Now, Pay Later Work?

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

An easy-to-use, accessible, mobile-friendly online donation page is crucial for modern nonprofits. When your online donation process is easy to use for both staff members and donors, you can simplify the giving process on all sides. Promoting your nonprofit donation form. Choose the right online fundraising platform.

Public and Nonprofit Management 91

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The topic was “4 Simple Steps Simple Steps to Raising All the Money Your Nonprofit Needs.&# We had SO many questions from listeners that we didn’t get them all answered. Q: How do I increase my donor base? A: Growing your donor base is a “must-do” activity for ANY nonprofit. Building a donor base.

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